Wat Khao Phra Bat Noi

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While many travellers only hit Wat Saphan Hin before turning back to the busier parts of the historical park, we suggest continuing south to Wat Khao Phra Bat Noi and other peaceful sites spread over a forested hill.

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Accessed by a sandy path that leads up a gradual hill, Wat Khao Phra Bat Noi was named after four images of Buddha footprints that are now exhibited at Ramkamhaeng National Museum. It was one of several meditation monasteries spread over a wooded area known as Aranyik. Removed from the city’s grand monuments and bustling lanes, monks lived here to focus on meditation amid the quiet of the forest. While the monks are long gone, the serenity remains.

Slightly ramshackle. Photo: David Luekens

Adorned with thin webs of lines that are unique in Sukhothai, the laterite base of a huge collapsed chedi stands at the rear of the site. In the front, the remains of another chedi features large niches on all four sides that once contained Buddha images. Also check out the tiny brick structure that would have been used for solitary meditation ... Travelfish members only (Full text is around 200 words.)